Sven Scheuer

{{Short description|German footballer (born 1971)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sven Scheuer

| fullname = Sven Toni Scheuer

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|01|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany

| height = 1.87 m

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1988

| youthclubs1 = SV Böblingen

| years1 = 1988–1999

| clubs1 = Bayern Munich

| caps1 = 20

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2000–2001

| clubs2 = Adanaspor

| caps2 = 17

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2001–2002

| clubs3 = 1. FC Saarbrücken

| caps3 = 6

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2003

| clubs4 = Grazer AK

| caps4 = 5

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2003

| clubs5 = VfL Osnabrück

| caps5 = 8

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2004–2005

| clubs6 = TSV Schönaich

| caps6 = 11

| goals6 = 0

| totalcaps = 67

| totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1990

| nationalteam1 = Germany U-21

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Sven Scheuer (born 19 January 1971) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Scheuer was born in Böblingen. He joined FC Bayern Munich in 1988, and spent 11 years with the club,{{cite web|publisher=Fussball Portal|title=Sven Scheuer|url=http://www.fussballportal.de/index.php?kat=44&liga_id=10&saison_lfd=33&spieler_id=3249|accessdate=19 November 2008}} serving as backup goalkeeper to Raimond Aumann until 1994 and later Oliver Kahn. He usually shared this role with another 'keeper, including Uwe Gospodarek (1991–1994), Michael Probst (1994–1996) and Bernd Dreher (1996–1999). He made 20 appearances in the Bundesliga, half of which came in the 1994–95 season, and won five league titles, plus the UEFA Cup in 1996 and the DFB Pokal in 1998. He also played regularly for Bayern's reserve team, in the Oberliga Bayern and Regionalliga Süd.

After leaving Bayern, Scheuer embarked on a fairly nomadic career, playing for Adanaspor in Turkey,{{cite web|publisher=Turkish Football Federation|title=SVEN TONI SCHEUER|url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=30078|accessdate=19 November 2008}} Grazer AK in Austria, and 1. FC Saarbrücken and VfL Osnabrück back home. He also had a six month trial at Crystal Palace in 2002.{{cite web|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Palace let keeper go|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/2316311.stm|date=10 October 2002|accessdate=15 May 2009}}

International career

Scheuer played one match for the Germany under-21 national team, a 3–0 win over Luxembourg in October 1990.

Honours

References